Heart Disease - Top 10 Advances of the Millennium (well, so far)
by DrRich
Dateline: January 1, 2001
Okay, so the millennium is only a year old; it’s been an unusually eventful
year in heart research.
In this article, DrRich reviews his personal list of the
top 10 advances in cardiac research during the year 2000. While most of these advances have not yet made a major impact
in clinical medicine, they all show immense promise for the near future.
Anyone with heart disease, with a family member who has heart disease, or
who has a substantial risk of developing heart disease, will be well advised to
heed this “heads-up.”
Click on these links for a brief description of Y2K’s top
10 advances in heart disease:
1) The role of inflammation in
coronary artery disease
2) The expanding role of statins
3) Gene therapy for heart disease
4) Replacing damaged heart muscle with new cells
5) Advances in long-term ventricular assist devices
6) Resynchronization therapy for heart failure
7) Automated External Defibrillators save lives
8) Noninvasive imaging of coronary arteries
9) Aggressive therapy for unstable angina validated
10) Caffeine is OK for the heart
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